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* Timber Stand. 400,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. None (4500 acres in State Parks.) 



National Forests within State. None. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. None. 



Average Annual Lumber Production (1920). 14,300,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. Unavailable. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. Part of Forest School allotment. 



Forest Fire Laws. None. 



Forest Taxation Laws. Tax exemption law of 1906. Similar to Indiana 



law taxing classified land being forested on the basis of $i an acre. About 



2500 acres classified under the law. 

 Nurseries. No official state nursery, but one is maintained at Iowa State 



College for use in experimental work in connection with School of Forestry. 

 Other Activities. Iowa's problem largely one of farm forestry. About 



300,000 farmers with woodlots varying from I to 30 acres in size. 



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Kansas State Agricultural College, Department of Horticulture. 

 Albert Dickens, State Forester, Manhattan, Kansas. 



Land Area of State. 52,335,360 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 1,250,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 1,500,000 acres. 



idle or Unproductive Forest Land. No estimate. 



Timber Stand. 100,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. None. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. 200 acres in municipal Forest. 



* Average Annual Lumber Production. 4,500,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. Unavailable. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. Part of State College appropriation. 



Forest Fire Laws. General laws passed in early days for protection of 

 pasture and range effective for forest protection. Penalties for leaving 

 fires unguarded closely observed. Danger of fire is met by community move- 

 ment. Public sentiment aroused. 



Forest Taxation Laws. No special forest taxation laws. 



Nurseries. State forest nursery work administered from the Fort Hays 

 Branch Experiment Station. About sixty acres supplying trees at cost. 



Other Activities. Natural woodland areas being conserved and, in most cases, 

 improved. Selective cutting followed and some lands along streams being 

 reforested. Catalpa and cottonwoods planted, also increase in growth 

 of pecans and black walnuts. Growing interest in the planting of conifers 

 following successful work of experimentation. 



* Forest Service estimate in 1915. 



* 1920, including cut of mills in Nebraska. 

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